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ILO PROSPECTS Egypt

From job search to opportunity: Supporting young people’s pathways to employment

Through the ILO Job Search Club global methodology and continued engagement with employers, the Employment Pathways programme of ILO PROSPECTS in Egypt is supporting young people to take a more active approach to finding work and connect with...

ILO/China Partnership Programme

ILO–China South-South Cooperation strengthens Cambodian trainers' industrial robotics skills

The training strengthens institutional capacity and promotes the transfer of knowledge and practical expertise to support Cambodia's industrial transformation.

World Youth Skills Day

From certificate to career: closing the skills mismatch

This Op-Ed by Max Tuñón, Country Director, ILO Bangladesh was published by The Daily Star, one of the leading English newspapers in Bangladesh on 15 July 2026 to mark the World Youth Skills Day.

Syria and the ILO strengthen government capacity to turn strategy into measurable results

Training programme equips Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour officials with practical tools to strengthen strategic planning, project implementation and results-based monitoring.

Building skills, fostering entrepreneurship: An innovative approach to enhancing youth employability in the DRC–Angola corridor

As part of the ILO Technical Assistance Mission to the African Development Bank-funded DRC–Angola Corridor Project, the ILO is supporting an initiative to strengthen youth employability and women's economic empowerment in the Kasai Central and Kasai...

ILO helps advance reform of Mali's vocational training fund

Through the ILO Global Skills Programme, the ILO supported an internal diagnostic study of Mali's Vocational Training and Apprenticeship Support Fund (FAFPA), providing a roadmap to strengthen skills development, employment and decent work.

India–Canada initiative advances skills recognition and fair recruitment for migrant workers

ILO-supported consultations strengthen skills recognition, comparability and promote fair recruitment along the India–Canada migration corridor.

Forum International des Métiers et des Compétences (FIMEC)

ILO urges stronger skills systems to drive the transition to the formal economy in Africa

The Forum International des Métiers et des Compétences (FIMEC) held in Côte d'Ivoire, brought together governments, employers, workers, training institutions, development partners and the private sector to explore innovative approaches to skills...

Green skills

Green construction skills chart a sustainable future for Filipino youth

For young Filipinos, green construction skills are opening the door for a better future of work while helping build stronger, safer, and more climate resilient communities.

ILO/China Partnership Programme

ILO/China South-South Cooperation strengthens Lao teachers' skills for smart agriculture

Training equips the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) teachers with advanced Internet of Things (IoT)-based Smart Agriculture Systems, enabling them to deliver related training courses.

Entrepreneurship

Trade union members build entrepreneurship skills for Indonesia's just energy transition

The ILO is strengthening the capacity of trade unions in Indonesia to promote entrepreneurship and help workers navigate the country's just energy transition.

Our impact, their voices

Growing skills, growing opportunities: Two trainers transforming cocoa cultivation in Timor-Leste

The ILO's Agroforestry Skills and Employment Resilience Project, funded by the European Union, is strengthening skills in cocoa cultivation, enabling participants to improve farming practices and create new opportunities for their communities.

Leadership skills for women

ILO training strengthens pathways for women workers to lead in Ethiopia’s Garment, Textile and Leather Factories

A four-day Training of Trainers in Bishoftu has equipped SCORE trainers and experts with practical leadership, coaching and mentoring skills to help more women workers move into supervisory and leadership roles across Ethiopia’s leather, textile and...

Just transition

Union leader in the Philippines brings just transition across Mindanao

A just transition in the Philippines must leave no worker behind, especially in Mindanao where unions are helping vulnerable, informal, and young workers build a fairer and more sustainable future.

Zambia, Japan and ILO launch Sustainable E-Waste Management Project to create green jobs and protect environment

Zambia, Japan and the ILO have launched the Sustainable E-Waste Management for Youth Employment Project in Central Province to tackle unemployment and environmental challenges. The initiative will create green jobs, promote a circular economy, and...

India's 2026 BRICS Presidency

Building partnerships for decent work: The ILO's engagement with BRICS in 2026

The ILO contributed technical expertise to advance social protection, skills development, labour market formalization and digital transformation under India's 2026 BRICS Presidency.

Blog

Old Skills for new technologies?

AI has major implications for the skills workers need to access quality jobs. This article argues that foundational skills, more so than AI expertise, will be central for workforces to navigate this transformation.

Youth employment

Learning through experience, growing through skills: A Viet Nam Youth Network member's story

Quynh Chi, a member of the ILO-Korea Youth Network for Decent Work and Green Jobs in Viet Nam, shares how hands-on learning, opportunities to apply knowledge in practice, community engagement and collaboration with other young people have helped her...

Apprenticeship

Breaking barriers, floor by floor: Nabeha Marzan's journey into engineering

Nabeha Marzan is one of 47 apprentices who gained industry-ready skills through ILO's re-modelled industry-institute Attachment Programme with the Ministry of Education of Bangladesh, landing a full-time role with her industry partner.

PROSPECTS Impact

Enterprise bridges needs: how youth innovation is supporting livestock owners in Kassala

Through the ILO PROSPECTS supported i-UPSHIFT programme, a group of young entrepreneurs in Kassala State transformed a local challenge into a business opportunity, improving access to veterinary medicines for livestock farmers while creating...